>> even the language that nancy pelosi just put out there is bad. and i mean, i respect her position. i think it's great that she's sticking to her guns. but i can't stand the fact that these people aren't talking about compromise instead of saying i'm never going to change, i'm never going to move up a the time because that's not the point. the point is getting together and fixing this stuff. it's going to be a little tax, a little bit of a cut, let's do it. >> boy, mika, i don't want to walk into this, but you combine what nancy poelosi said yesterday, what the president said at the press conference yesterday, very defiant. >> speaker boehner. >> yes. >> and, you know, and john boehner right after the election. i mean, these people, do they get a professional mediator to figure out how to get this done? >> look, this is how negotiations happen. president is taking -- >> we have no solution. that's how negotiations happened before, steve, and then nothing happened. >> this has been going on for years. >> i don't want to be optimistic because i'm no